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Apostles in the New Testament. The Last Supper, a late 1490s mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci, is a depiction of the last supper of Jesus and his Twelve Apostles on the eve of his crucifixion. Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. Jesus and his Twelve Apostles, fresco with the Chi-Rho symbol ☧, Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome.
New Testament. The Synoptic Gospels list Philip as one of the apostles. The Gospel of John recounts Philip's calling as a disciple of Jesus. [1] Philip is described as a disciple from the city of Bethsaida, and the evangelist connects him with Andrew and Peter, who were from the same town. He also was among those surrounding John the Baptist ...
Bartholomew[a] was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Most scholars today identify Bartholomew as Nathanael, [6] who appears in the Gospel of John (1:45–51; cf. 21:2). [7][8][9] Bartholomew the Apostle, detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, 6th century.
The five major milestones in the New Testament narrative of the life of Jesus are his Baptism, Transfiguration, Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension. [28][29][30] In the gospels, the ministry of Jesus starts with his Baptism by John the Baptist, when he is about thirty years old.
Disciple (Christianity) In Christianity, a disciple is a dedicated follower of Jesus. This term is found in the New Testament only in the Gospels and Acts. In the ancient world, a disciple is a follower or adherent of a teacher. Discipleship is not the same as being a student in the modern sense. A disciple in the ancient biblical world ...
The New Testament records that as a disciple, Matthew followed Jesus. After Jesus' ascension, the disciples withdrew to an upper room (Acts 1:10–14) [11] (traditionally the Cenacle) in Jerusalem. [12] The disciples remained in and about Jerusalem and proclaimed that Jesus was the promised Messiah.
According to the New Testament, he was a fisherman and one of the Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus. The title First-Called ( Πρωτόκλητος , Prōtoklētos ) stems from the Gospel of John , where Andrew, initially a disciple of John the Baptist , follows Jesus and, recognizing him as the Messiah , introduces his brother Simon Peter to him.
Saint Peter[ note 1 ] (died AD 64–68), [ 1 ] also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, [ 6 ] was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in all four New Testament gospels as well as the Acts of the Apostles.